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The Centre Piece

I will embrace Law..
only because it perfects my understanding of the importance of Christ.
I will embrace Grace..
only because it enables me to be worthy to follow Christ.

Those who try to keep their salvation by observing the Law..
are missing the point.. the whole point.. of the Cross.
Those who claim to be covered by grace.. without even fully understanding the purpose.. will never truly appreciate grace.

While Law is very human.. easily understood.
Grace is heavenly.. impossible to comprehend.

And yet.. at the centre of all this.. is the Cross.
At the centre of all this.. is Christ.

Be it prosperity gospel, be it gospel of grace, be it the Law..
if it causes Christ to be placed at the centre of our life.. I say.. embrace it.

But if it cause that very doctrine to be placed at the centre of our life..
I say.. spit it out. Take up the cross instead.

No matter how good the new teaching we get..
no matter how many verse is used, how much Greeks and Hebrews and speaking in tongue involved.. and how many miracles, signs and wonders take place..
if it teaches us something other than what Christ has taught us..
if it takes the simplicity and sufficiency of the very name, Jesus Christ, away from our faith..
it's pointless.

"This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it's out in the open. God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That's what I'm working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me."

Collosians 1:25-27

And yet above all things.. let's live according to the faith God has blessed us with.
Let's live and love according to the Commandment Christ has given us.

For what is the point that we boast about what we know..
when the only thing we can boast.. is to boast about Christ we know.. to those who have yet to encounter Him.

And at the end of everything..
it's all about Him telling us.. "Well done.. my faithful servant"

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